Few of us are particularly adept at using positive reinforcement with people, even if we do it well with
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15th Anniversary ClickerExpo Highlights
By Ken Ramirez on 02/02/2018
It’s hard to believe that ClickerExpo is alread
The Many Faces of Targeting
By Ken Ramirez on 11/29/2017At a recent ClickerExpo in Europe, after my concept training Lab, one of the attendees approached me with a problem. She wanted to try an exercise that I suggested that required her to use targeting and prompting, but she was concerned because she had been taught that “shaping is the only real way to train; using a target is sloppy and the sign of a weak trainer.”
Recipes, Rules, and Principles
By Ken Ramirez on 10/27/2017As a lecturer and coach, my ultimate goal is to teach principles, rather than “recipes” and rules. A solid understanding of principles allows students to solve a wide variety of problems independently. However, I have found that offering recipes, suggesting rules, and imparting principles all have their place in developing skilled trainers.
